When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Sunday, October 24, 2004
Where is Bin Laden? [ This was a BBC Rumsfeld Soundbyte of the Week ]
We are the laughing stock of the world, it often appears, and yet half the country apparently wants George Bush to continue as our president. Hard to believe.
Yet, now that I think of it, it is not the U.S. they are laughing at, but the Republicans. During the last administration, the world laughed not at Bill Clinton's sexual peccadilloes, but at the GOP for making such a mountain out of the molehill of the president's private life.[Note, I can't say I approve of Clinton's behavior, but in general I leave an official's private life alone. This becomes less true the more it conflicts with his public pronouncements.]
I came across BBC page while googling Rumsfeld, whom I had looked up because I noticed for the first time the similarity between him and fictional White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry (John Spenser) on West Wing -- see this picture and other fashion statements at Jest Magazine's Photoshopped Banana Republican ad.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
BBC and others poke fun at US officials
Where is Bin Laden? [ This was a BBC Rumsfeld Soundbyte of the Week ]
We are the laughing stock of the world, it often appears, and yet half the country apparently wants George Bush to continue as our president. Hard to believe.
Yet, now that I think of it, it is not the U.S. they are laughing at, but the Republicans. During the last administration, the world laughed not at Bill Clinton's sexual peccadilloes, but at the GOP for making such a mountain out of the molehill of the president's private life.[Note, I can't say I approve of Clinton's behavior, but in general I leave an official's private life alone. This becomes less true the more it conflicts with his public pronouncements.]
I came across BBC page while googling Rumsfeld, whom I had looked up because I noticed for the first time the similarity between him and fictional White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry (John Spenser) on West Wing -- see this picture and other fashion statements at Jest Magazine's Photoshopped Banana Republican ad.
Palema
6:17 AM
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